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Grindelia stricta - Grindelia sp. Wet Mudflat Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Grindelia stricta - Grindelia sp. Wet Mudflat Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance consists of intermittent to continuous cover of herbs &lt;1 m in height. <i>Grindelia stricta, Grindelia camporum</i>, or another <i>Grindelia</i> species is dominant in the herbaceous layer with <i>Distichlis spicata, Erigeron glaucus, Frankenia salina, Jaumea carnosa, Juncus arcticus, Limonium californicum, Sarcocornia pacifica</i>, and <i>Triglochin maritima</i>. Non-native species <i>Bromus diandrus, Chenopodium murale, Hordeum murinum</i>, and <i>Mesembryanthemum crystallinum</i> can be abundant. It occurs on slightly elevated or drier ground that is adjacent to coastal dunes, salt marshes, or alkaline marshes, including bluffs, levees, and road margins. On the Channel Islands it is found on upper slopes and ridgetops on moderate to steep slopes (7-14°, 10-30%) on fine clay soils. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39378-{AA121A4F-088A-47A6-B06A-E0FC313A6BDE}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 2
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 08-Sep-2016 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.943237 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A4179
  Translated: Oregon Gumweed - Gumweed species Wet Mudflat Alliance
  Common: Gumweed Wet Mudflat
  Scientific: Grindelia stricta - Grindelia sp. Wet Mudflat Alliance
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(similar) Grindelia stricta - Grindelia sp. Wet Mudflat Alliance